Sharks top Wings in shootout

Updated 10:51 pm, Monday, October 21, 2013

Antti Niemi makes a pad save on Todd Bertuzzi on the final shot of the shootout to cap the Sharks' victory in Detroit.

Antti Niemi makes a pad save on Todd Bertuzzi on the final shot of the shootout to cap the Sharks' victory in Detroit.

Photo: Tony Ding, Associated Press

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San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi (31), of Finland, celebrates with captain Joe Thornton (19), Niemi blocked the game winning shootout shot after overtime in an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Mich., Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. San Jose won 1-0 on shootouts. (AP Photo/Tony Ding) less

San Jose Sharks goalie Antti Niemi (31), of Finland, celebrates with captain Joe Thornton (19), Niemi blocked the game winning shootout shot after overtime in an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Mich., Monday, Oct. ... more

Photo: Tony Ding, Associated Press

Sharks top Wings in shootout

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DETROIT --

After scoring 39 goals in their first eight games, the Sharks proved they can play pretty well defensively, too.

Logan Couture scored in the shootout and San Jose beat the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 on Monday night.

The Sharks (8-0-1) are the NHL's last team without a regulation loss.

San Jose, which played five of its first eight at home, started a five-game trip.

"We scored a lot of goals in our first eight games," Couture said. "We're not going to keep scoring like that."

Each goalie got credit for a shutout after not allowing a goal in 65 minutes.

Antti Niemi - who got his 24th career shutout - made 24 saves for San Jose, and Jimmy Howard, who earned his 17th shutout, stopped 27 shots.

It was Niemi's third shutout against Detroit. He stopped Todd Bertuzzi on Detroit's final shootout attempt with a pad save.

"Not much space out there. It was very playoff like," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "Both teams played a prevent-type game. ... It was a chess match, there's no doubt about it. Even on the power play and penalty kills, the teams didn't get a lot of looks."

Trade: After the game, the Sharks announced they had acquired forward Mike Brown from Edmonton in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2014 draft. At the same time, San Jose said defenseman Dan Boyle - taken from the ice on a stretcher after being slammed into the boards from behind by Maxim Lapierre in St. Louis last Tuesday - has been placed on injured reserve.

Briefly: The Sharks recalled forwards Freddie Hamilton and John McCarthy from Worcester and assigned forward Matt Pelech to the AHL team. Pelech had played in five games for San Jose and scored his first career goal Oct. 10 against Vancouver. ... Patrick Marleau was named the league's "Third Star" for the week ending Sunday. He scored three goals and had three assists in three games.

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